One thing I've learned:
If you're deeply questioning whether or not you may be able to apply a certain label to yourself... you can, pretty much all of the time.
You think you might be trans? You are.
You think you might be a furry? Join the club!
You think you might be a dragon? Heck yeah, be one with me!!
You think you might be gay? That's a yes.
Embrace labels that help you define who you are. They can sometimes vary in definition, but if you feel it can apply to you, use it! Not only will it help you, it'll help others identify with you and maybe make you some new friends, or help you find people to help guide you along your path of discovery.
Your experiences and life are yours. Feel free to experiment and see what works best for you! You're allowed to change your mind later!
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Could technology just leave me alone for a bit? Please?
Also, why, Google, did you send this to an email address I didn't use when buying the phone, didn't use when setting it up, but added to the phone only to be able to access some spreadsheets I needed to access a while back? Huh? I have no idea which of zillions of Google things I need to poke to change where these type of emails go.
What a thing to read on waking up.
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“No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans & intersex people have and will always exist.”
“The erasure of a group from public life is a step towards an attempt to erase that group’s existence, which is the very definition of genocide”
Well, fascists doing fascist things. I'm not very suprised, unfortunately.
Perhaps Musk starts another fascist party and the Republicans get fewer votes and democracy comes back to the stricken US of A. :/
I really hope they can get back to a state where it could actually be called "free country".
EDIT: Wait, it was about the UK, not the USA. I get so confused sometimes, weird times.
EDIT 2: Maybe the heat wave confuses me as well. :)
Be weird.
Love the way that the media is deliberately ignoring the fact that these bush fires are going from a semi-rare event to a several-times-a-year event just in case anyone uses that opportunity to ask inconvenient questions.
Wildfires continue to burn in the northern Highland Council area of Scotland in the UK, where firefighters have been battling blazes for more than three days...YouTube
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Conover may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he makes some good points in this video. "AI" is making the people that use it less intelligent, and leading to a loss of critical thinking and basic mental skills. It started with the Smartphone, but it's getting so much worse.
https://youtu.be/G-cdVurdoeA?si=5zzfHh2q7rM55Cvm
We have the numbers to prove it, AI is turning our brains into AI slop. Visit https://groundnews.com/factually to stay fully informed, see through biased med...YouTube
Oh, grrrr. When I moved into this house last year I noted the Swish Fibre toby box in the pavement outside, and found via their web site that I could get symmetric gigabit over fibre. I set up an Openreach fibre line to get started with, using my own reseller account, intending to get Swish installed later. I also asked Swish whether they could do a point-to-point connection, like a leased line, and the clueless customer service people didn't have a bloody clue what that was.
But I still intended to get a line from them, which would be independent of Openreach, and hopefully would give me the same resilient connectivity I was used to at the old house, where we had a VDSL over Openreach and DOCSIS from Virgin Media (plus my own OSPF-over-tunnels setup to my colo network routers in the datacentre to make switchovers seamless).
But I've just gone to look at Swish again and it now seems they've merged with other altnets and apparently stopped providing connections over their own network in preference for just reselling Openreach - if I search for my address they just return the same asymmetric offerings you'd get from any Openreach-based ISP and claim they can get me connected without an engineer visit, which can only be the case if they're using Openreach. Just... why!? Why build your own fibre network and then throw it away? Why buy a company with its own network just to not use that network? Do I really have to order a full leased line just to get a second (wired) net connection at this property? Grrrrrrr.
Three friends on the beach spotted a log by the shore.
The red panda climbed on top to keep watch. Below, the golden retriever and the bunny put on their masks and took a deep breath. *Splash!* they jumped in.
Down in the water, everything was different. It was deeper than what they could imagine, the rocks looked like caves, and they found a chest full of treasures.
All this while they were just on the shore, barely splashing their paws on the water, but for sure imagination is better when you share it with others.
Traditional. Watercolor and gouaches.
30.5 x 45.5 cm (12 x 18 inches)
Made for Anthrocon 2025. The original will be shown at the Art Show.
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The title text is the best bit: "It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits."
Cycling in London has changed my life in more ways than I could have imagined. I really hope you like this one. It's been a passion project of mine to show j...YouTube
"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
No, Windows, how about *you* restart it? That's something a computer can very easily do, and I shouldn't have to be bothered about. Also, please tell me why my computer should be running a "threat service". Hopefully it's just badly named and is actually an anti-threat service. …Unless it's a service running on Microsoft's behalf whose job is to threaten me if I don't allow upgrades when they want me to. 🤷
I really ought to stop running Windows on this laptop. I never meant to, just didn't get round to replacing it with something better when I bought it back in 2018, then came to rely on, so the window of opportunity to wipe and reinstall is gone.
You know, the crazy thing is "threat service" from Microsoft I could totally see going either way.
For the last few years, the first thing I do with a PC laptop when I get it is to specifically remove Windows if it's installed. But I have the good fortune of being in a position where I don't need it for anything. All the things I could / would ever use Windows for are totally voluntary.
I just realised, the line
"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
actually sounds vaguely threatening.
The music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTCOLbLWxM
Please set it to 4K Resolution#MissionImpossibleOST#MissionImpossibleIntro#MissionImpossibleTVYouTube
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dinosor show!
If you enjoyed Talon, please help us greenlight the next episode through these links!!!SHOP: https://lunar-dragon-ent-shop.fourthwall.com/ FOURTHWALL (member...YouTube
Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz gets the CinemaSings treatment, as 198 movies recite its lyrics!Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/rjsuspect0:00 Gorilla...YouTube
What would you say to your younger self if you could walk beside them for a moment?
Maybe not advice, not warnings. Just the kind of words that feel right when you needed it, when there’s time ahead and questions without rush.
Nothing needs to be solved yet. But a little clarity, a little kindness... that goes a long way.
Traditional. Watercolor.
You will be able to see this in person at the Anthrocon Art Show as well.
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Also I recorded the process video, you can watch the short version on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
There is a longer version of this one, submitten on May 15 exclusively on Patreon and Ko-Fi, as well as the high resolution version and other pictures I haven't shared yet, more process videos and WIPs.
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I will never be too old to smile when I see a white Volkswagen Beetle with 53 painted on it.
If you know you know. :)
“Elon #Musk and the #TechBros say they want humans to become an interplanetary species. They say the great priority of humanity should be to colonise Mars. That’s not just mad, it’s dangerous.
It encourages the notion that Earth is temporary and expendable, that we don’t need to cherish and protect it because we can just move on. In reality Earth is the only place where humanity can thrive. The problem is, we’re trashing it.”
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Making Mars even a little bit habitable for humans is going to be a massive, generational endeavour.
The invasion of the new world on Earth was big. But that was putting people in a place that humans can already survive in very successfully. Using conventional transport.
Mars is going to take a planetwide cooperative effort. Making things right here on Earth is how we settle Mars. Not some billionaires having a rocket competition.
#space #mars
I did a cooking. (Admittedly all I did was follow the instructions on the sauce jar, but still - it came out okay!)
(Actually I do a cooking most days, but this time was just slightly less straightforward than the "remove packaging, place in oven at temperature X for time Y, remove, eat" that I normally do.)
In the morning, Archer is the first one out, lying in the grass, watching how the city awakes, and that kite in the distance. Denali shows up a bit later, racing the wind with the string in his paw. By sunset, it’s Archer again, this time heading back, backpack slung over his shoulder, and as night arrives, Denali takes a moment to rest, still smiling, enjoying the city lights and how quietly the world sleeps. Tiny visitors that come and go with the changing light; little reminders that time moves, but life stays curious.
Acrylics on canvas.
Paintings for Archer
There’s a 6 minutes time-lapse video of the process on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
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"Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACs into 1 sq. cm.!' -- /usr/games/fortune
Presumably, how to wire and install the plugboards would be left as an exercise for the reader
It's this kind of music today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPlMpVxiPY
Provided to YouTube by WM UKThe Draize Train (2008 Remaster) · The SmithsComplete℗ 1986 Warner Music UK Ltd.Bass Guitar: Andy RourkeMasterer: Christian Stegm...YouTube
"Number of Brits who see US as a global threat doubles since Donald Trump came to power"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-threat-peace-iran-china-b2775820.html
President’s first few months in office have left fears about the US’ global role at an ‘all time high’ and rivalling China, Israel and North KoreaKate Devlin (The Independent)
now is that a threat they like or not? Lol
Whatever it is they better wake up and not make the same mistake yourselves.
I have doubts this will really happen...but it sounds kind of amazing...
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25259086.date-set-see-titanic-ii-launched-southampton/
A date has been set to see a full replica of the world famous doomed ship, the Titanic, sail from Southampton to New York - just as it did in 1912.Ross Marshall (Daily Echo)
This sounds dopey, but if it works...
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/2072197/gardeners-urged-hang-cds-garden-june/amp
Brits are being warned to act now and place CDs around their garden for one very important reason.Alex Evans (Express.co.uk)
Because it’s rare to see #retrofit / #sustainability jokes…and I like xkcd:
Alt Text: ‘A covertly-installed Neighbour-Source Heat Pump takes advantage of the fact your neighbour keeps their house cool in the summer and warm in the winter’. Image of two houses, one with a heat pump and then pipes underground leading to the other, extending up the walls in a loop system.
Just a red panda chillin’. Red pandas really do love a good ice cube, zoos often give them giant blocks to help them cool off and stay playful on hot days. So of course this little guy made himself comfortable.
Drawn with crayons over a Denny’s paper tablecloth, again!
This piece will be part of my biggest exhibition yet at the Anthrocon Art Show.
Somebody once said "Spending hours fretting about whether you're ____ is a pretty good indication" x3
Fill in the blank with your own awesomeness, and don't be afraid to own who you are!